I created this design months ago for the Illustration Friday “Legendary”. Now “Flying” has come up as a topic and the giggle on the subject of flying penguins has re-entered my mind. So I’m sharing again… what if there were a whole fleet?
The penguin is a daredevil at heart
My thoughts on penguins and flying
I’m pretty sure the flying was traded in for hockey and belly boarding. There’s so much competition with all those other birds up there riding the wind, I think the penguins simply got smart and decided “might as well do something unique”. Not to mention they really look great in hats… and you can’t wear very many hats and fly, unless, of course, you don’t mind losing your hat.
About this design
This design was created entirely in Photoshop using a Wacom Graphire Bluetooth Tablet and gazillion layers of color. I started out with a bare lines of the penguin, added lines for his outfit, added blocks of color and then continued on to add numerous layers with varying colors and textures. I then flattened the entire penguin image and added the border, text and distressed effect.
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Great textures and layers and what a cool looking penguin! Superb!
Absolutely amazing. Are you going to put it up for sale as a print anywhere?
Really awesome! I love the retro take and it's a great illo.
Great job! Your Photoshop efforts really paid off. This has a really authentic feel to it.
Very good! The penquin is really great and love the photoshop effects you did.
he's been hanging around with snoopy.
Sooo incredibly cute! You did a great job!
Nice work. Love the retro, antique feel of the whole piece. Awesome idea and great style!
what a wonderful idea!!
I like this a lot especially the texture and feel of the vintage look. Very cool.
Very Cute! I love it!
This little guy is fantastic! Love the retro poster style, so effective
Great to read a bit about your life and motives as an artist to.
That is a really cool piece. I like the character design and also the aged look to the poster.
Great piece. Really like the character. Also like how you got the aged look to the poster.
I love this idea. Your type choices are good, and it just overall is really well done. All the work you put into it definitely shows.
Bring em on!!!
Cutest firece flyers ever!
I certainly agree with penguins thoughts as long as I certainly delight your style. Great explanation, great work, makes me smile, thanks
I certainly agree with penguins thoughts as long as I certainly delight your style. Great explanation, great work, makes me smile, thanks